District Manager

Circle K • Denver, CO

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

The District Manager oversees the effective execution of company-directed programs, promotions, and marketing initiatives. This role involves reviewing merchandise sales, profit margins, shortages, cash over/short reports, and repair/maintenance expenses. The District Manager is responsible for achieving financial objectives by preparing budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions. They also determine marketing strategy changes by reviewing financial statements and sales activity, and maintain store standards through inspections of cleanliness, inventory levels, merchandising, and audits. This position contributes to team efforts by achieving financial and Key Result Area targets and actively participates in the recruitment of store operators. The District Manager oversees Market Managers, confirming banking and financial information, and minimizing loss prevention through enforcement and training. They manage costs and direct performance at Subway locations, ensuring operational compliance with Subway guidelines, store operations, housekeeping, stock levels, and corporate policies. The role involves monitoring sales, pricing, and promotional programs, as well as executing security, mystery shop, health, and safety programs. They ensure company standards and government legislation (Health and Safety, WSIB) are maintained and followed. Responsibilities include P&L and CTO management, top-line sales achievement, communicating required information, inventory control and theft investigation, overseeing outside services, following merchandising programs, and conducting regional meetings to enhance training and share information. The District Manager prepares business plans for the region, collaborates with suppliers, analyzes P&L statements, and prepares action plans for Market Managers. They also maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees, increasing effectiveness through communication, coaching, counseling, and performance appraisal, and fostering a climate for information sharing and personal growth. Regular store visits are conducted to ensure Market Managers enforce company guidelines, and yearly performance reviews are prepared and executed. The role involves monitoring store-level reports for asset protection and participating in store design or re-design projects. Other program projects and tasks as assigned are also part of the role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred. Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
• Five years of experience working in the convenience store/gasoline industry or more preferred; including minimum of 5 years of management responsibility.
• Requires a minimum of 50% travel on an annual basis.
• A current valid driver’s license with a clean abstract is required to operate a company vehicle.
• Expertise in MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word preferred.
• Must be able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities as described above.
• Must be able to follow state, federal and company guidelines.
• Must be able to always maintain a positive team attitude and professional demeanor.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field
• Five years of experience working in the convenience store/gasoline industry or more
• Expertise in MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

Responsibilities

• Oversee the effective execution of company directed programs, promotions, and marketing initiatives.
• Reviews merchandise sales, and profit margins in all key categories, merchandise shortages, cash over/short reports, repair and maintenance expenses, supply expenses, etc.
• Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Allocates program costs by preparing operational and risk reports for analysis.
• Determines marketing strategy changes by reviewing operating and financial statements and sales activity.
• Maintains stores by conducting inspections to ensure the facility is clean and in good repair; evaluate inventory levels, merchandising; audits paperwork and reports.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing determined Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company plan guidelines.
• Actively participate in recruitment of store operators.
• Oversee Market Managers monitoring and confirming banking and other financial information at the store level.
• Coach, mentor and follow up with Market Managers minimizing loss prevention in all stores through enforcement and training.
• Manage costs and direct performance at Subway locations.
• Ensure operational compliance with Subway guidelines.
• Store operations, housekeeping, stock levels, and enforce corporate policies and directives.
• Monitor and enforce sales, competitive pricing, and promotional programs.
• Execution of all security, mystery shop, health, and safety programs.
• Ensure company standards are maintained at each site and that government legislation such as Health and Safety and WSIB are followed.
• P&L, CTO responsibilities, top line sales achievement.
• Communicate all required information and reporting to proper channels.
• Inventory control, levels, turns and theft investigation.
• Oversee contacts and control outside services.
• Follow merchandising programs, store sets, and participating in store renovations.
• Conduct regional meetings, pass along directives, enhance training, and share information among Market Managers.
• Prepare business plan for the region.
• Collaborating with suppliers to ensure proper supply commitment.
• Analyze period P&L statements and prepare appropriate action plans for a team of Market Managers.
• Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Increases employee’s effectiveness by communicating job expectations; coaching, counseling, and disciplining; communicating values, strategies, and objectives; planning, monitoring and appraising job results; fostering a climate conducive for offering information and opinions; developing personal growth opportunities.
• Conducting regular store visits to ensure that Market Managers are enforcing company guidelines.
• Preparing and executing yearly performance reviews.
• Monitoring store level reports i.e., inventory levels, deposits, scanning to ensure the protection of company assets.
• Participate in the design of new stores or the re-design of existing stores.
• Performs a variety of other program projects and tasks as assigned.

Benefits

• Circle K is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) and all state and local disability laws.
• Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the ADA and certain state or local laws if it does not impose an undue hardship on the Company.
• Please inform the Company’s Human Resources Representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.
• In English
• In Spanish
• Our mission at Circle K is to make people's lives a little easier every day.
• Our global family of 150,000 people in over 17,300 stores and 27 countries makes that possible for our millions of clients worldwide, which is why we are committed to helping them achieve their goals and grow with us.
• We set ourselves apart by our culture and values: in our people and their development, in serving others, what we've built and what we are striving to achieve.
• No matter where you come from or where you are heading in your career, there is a place for you to grow at Circle K.
• When you grow, we grow - together.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager